The syntax of what’s left unsaid: A view of ellipsis from Mayan and Spanish by Rodrigo Ranero
UCLA Lydeen Library (Rolfe Hall 4302) 345 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAEllipsis is structure and meaning without form. In spoken languages, it is silence whose meaning must be recovered from a linguistic antecedent in the discourse. This talk proposes a new perspective on ellipsis based on a novel investigation of Spanish and Kaqchikel, a Mayan language of Guatemala. The unresolved question regarding ellipsis that I address...